Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes

AUDIO: Singing the 2023 Christmas Proclamation or Kalendas in Latin

For years I’ve posted about this custom.  This year I had pretty much forgotten about it until I was unfortunate enough to pull up a page that was live streaming the Mass from St. Peter’s in Rome and some guy … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Priest told my CCD class NOT to kneel at the Consecration

From a reader… QUAERITUR: An assistant priest at my parish is telling my ccd class not to kneel during the Consecration of the Eucharist during mass. Any advice? I pondered this for bit and then asked some trusted clerics including … Read More

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Expert help needed for podcasts, RSS, etc.

Expert help needed for podcasts, RSS, etc. Please drop me a line if you fit the bill and really want to help. HERE

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ASK FATHER: Michael Voris

There are enough emails in my box asking me my take on the resignation of Michael Voris from Church Militant to merit a post. CM issued a statement that Michael was asked to resign for breaching their “morality clause”. Michael … Read More

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Fr. McTeigue responds to the response about the “Eucharistic Revival” without sufficient emphasis also on the Sacrament of Penance

A couple weeks ago, I brought to your attention a 4 November piece at Catholic World Report by Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ, which commented on the “Eucharistic Revival” which is underway under the impulse of the bench of bishops.   Fr. … Read More

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WDTPRS – 6th Sunday remaining after Epiphany: Wherein Fr. Z rants about authentic “active participation” at Mass

As we approach the end of another liturgical year, an odd thing happens in the Church’s traditional, pre-Conciliar calendar. The Sundays left over after Epiphany, after Christmas, are finally dusted off and prayed until the liturgical year is concluded.  This has … Read More

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You, dear reader, have an immortal soul.

You, dear reader, have an immortal soul. One of the most important things we pray in the Litany of Saints … those who know and use only the Novus Ordo perhaps have never heard this… is “A subitanea et improvisa … Read More

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ACTION ITEM! “I will not permit myself to be confused.”

Let me repeat… Repetita iuvant!  Repeated things help! Repetitio mater discendi!  Repetition is the mother of learning! Changing the image a bit… Si vis pacem, para bellum!  If you want peace, prepare for war. A couple weeks ago in Rome I attended … Read More

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Some clear confusion emerges

By now you will have read something about a new document, responses to dubia that were submitted by a Brazilian bishops about “trans”, etc.   This is not just theological curiosity stuff, but rather practical problems that parish priests must deal with. LifeSite … Read More

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Full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. for his comments on “Eucharistic Revival”

I give full marks plus an extra kudo to Jesuit Fr. Robert McTeigue, SJ. His article at Catholic World Report is OUTSTANDING. How many times have I here urged GO TO CONFESSION! Have I not again and and begged priests … Read More

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